FEBRUARY. 37 



the poor are peculiarly distressing ; when even the hon 

 est poor may be driven to desperation, and constrained 

 to become disobedient to the moral law, because their 

 fellow men have been unmindful of the law of charity. 

 Miserable is the man whose heart is so hard that he 

 thinks not nor cares not for these sufferers. The self 

 ishness of such a man is to him an unceasing draught 

 of bitterness ; while the benevolence of the charitable 

 man kindles a flame within his breast that warms his 

 whole soul with a glow of satisfaction, and guides 

 him at all times and seasons^ into the paths of virtue 

 and happiness. 



